My husband likes to say that he loves moving. I think he's nuts because moving is terrible. Doubly so because we moved in the middle of August in North Carolina. We packed up our apartment on Sunday, August 12th. I'll spare you of any pictures of this because 1. I didn't take any and 2.…

Work has been insane lately (for both of us, as Brygham started his new job on Monday!) so I could barely wait to get to the house today. It had its final (not final) cleaning, and I must say it cleans up quite nicely. They stained our banister, and I am so in love. And…

That's right, our house will be completed on July 31st, cleaned up and ready for us to move in. I've been traveling for work this week, so I haven't seen the house for a little while. I was so happy to see that the house is essentially finished. The stone in the front went in,…

It's starting to feel extremely real! One of our requests was to be able to put our hands in the driveway. It's a cool perk that you can really only do when building or adding a new driveway (which definitely happens, but certainly not often). Today was that day, and of course we took the…

There were a couple of reasons why we chose the builder that we did: The floor plan was perfect for us The location is great The lot we chose has wooded views in the back It's a smart home Now I've read horror stories about builders claiming that their new homes are "smart" and then…

This week was such a crazy whirlwind for the house! We knew that tile and countertops were supposed to happen this week but we did not expect light fixtures, backsplash, plumbing, some appliances, outlets and our driveway being started! The kitchen now actually looks like a kitchen, all that's left is the range, hood, pot…

When we went to the house on Monday we were slightly disappointed to see that not a whole lot had happened. We try not to go every single day (emphasis on try) to only see larger changes but we failed on Monday. Fast forward to Wednesday, and they definitely made up for it! They were…

When choosing a stove, my main concern was that I wanted a gas stove. Luckily, our neighborhood automatically comes with gas stoves, so my problems really should have been solved there. And they would have been if I had not wanted a pot filler. One simple pot filler essentially caused my upgrade budget to skyrocket.…

Since our home did not come with a refrigerator, washer, or dryer, I did extensive research on them to determine what I wanted. The fridge was my top priority and I looked at countless options before choosing my winner: I chose an LG fridge, which I debated since all of our other kitchen appliances are…

To be honest I've never really looked twice at a washer and dryer. It washes....then it dries. Spectacular. When faced with having to purchase a washer and dryer for our new home, I was hit in the face with all of the options I now had. The first one was front load vs. top load.…